# 2011 U.S. Open Cup

The 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 98th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from June through early October. Seattle Sounders FC, who entered the competition as the two-time defending champions, successfully defended their title again. They became the third team in U.S. Open Cup history to win three straight U.S. Open Cups (the others being Stix, Baer and Fuller/St. Louis Central Breweries from 1933 to 1935 and Greek American AA from 1967 to 1969 — this excludes the run of Fall River F.C. in 1930 and 1931, as the team that won in 1932, New Bedford Whalers, was the result of mergers of teams that included Fall River). As winner of the Open Cup, the Sounders earned a place in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group stage (the preliminary round will be eliminated from the CONCACAF Champions League starting from 2012–13). The farthest advancing USL Pro team was the Richmond Kickers.
Like the previous edition, the Open Cup featured 40 clubs from across the five tiers of the American soccer pyramid. This season, due to late provisional sanctioning, the North American Soccer League was not allowed to send its clubs to the tournament. The event featured eight clubs from Major League Soccer, with six automatically qualifying based on their league position in the 2010 season and two qualifying through a play-in tournament. They entered the tournament in the third round. All 11 USL Pro League clubs based in the United States, nine clubs from the USL Premier Development League, four clubs from the National Premier Soccer League, and eight United States Adult Soccer Association qualifiers began play in the first round.

## Dates

| Date | Round | Notes |
| June 14 | First round | 11 USL Pro, 9 USL PDL, 4 NPSL, and 8 USASA clubs enter |
| June 21 | Second round | |
| June 28 | Third round | 8 MLS clubs enter |
| July 12 | Quarterfinals | |
| August 30 | Semifinals | |
| October 4 | Final | |

## Participating teams

The tournament consisted of 40 teams, according to the following distribution:

### Major League Soccer (8 teams)

* Chicago Fire
* Columbus Crew
* FC Dallas
* Los Angeles Galaxy
* New York Red Bulls
* Real Salt Lake
* Seattle Sounders FC
* Sporting Kansas City

### North American Soccer League (0 teams)

* On February 17, 2011, the USSF announced that no NASL teams will be participating in the competition since the league did not obtain provisional sanctioning in time.

### USL Pro League (11 teams)

* Charleston Battery
* Charlotte Eagles
* Dayton Dutch Lions
* Harrisburg City Islanders
* Los Angeles Blues
* F.C. New York
* Orlando City
* Pittsburgh Riverhounds
* Richmond Kickers
* Rochester Rhinos
* Wilmington Hammerheads

### Premier Development League (9 teams)

* Carolina Dynamo
* Central Florida Kraze
* Chicago Fire Premier
* Chivas El Paso Patriots
* Kitsap Pumas
* Reading United
* Real Colorado Foxes
* Ventura County Fusion
* Western Mass Pioneers

### National Premier Soccer League (4 teams)

* Brooklyn Italians
* Chattanooga FC
* Hollywood United Hitmen
* Madison 56ers

### USASA (8 teams)

* A.A.C. Eagles
* Doxa Italia
* DV8 Defenders
* Iowa Menace
* ASC New Stars
* New York Pancyprian-Freedoms
* Phoenix SC
* Regals FC

## Open Cup Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| NY Pancyprian-Freedoms | NY Pancyprian-Freedoms | 2 | | | |
| Brooklyn Italians | Brooklyn Italians | 1 | NY Pancyprian-Freedoms | NY Pancyprian-Freedoms | 0 (5) |
| F.C. New York | F.C. New York | 3 | F.C. New York | F.C. New York | 0 (6) |
| Western Mass Pioneers | Western Mass Pioneers | 0 | | | |
| Harrisburg City Islanders | Harrisburg City Islanders | 6 | | | |
| Reading United | Reading United | 5 | Harrisburg City Islanders | Harrisburg City Islanders | 0 |
| Rochester Rhinos | Rochester Rhinos | 6 | Rochester Rhinos | Rochester Rhinos | 1 |
| Phoenix SC | Phoenix SC | 5 | | | |
| Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 3 (AET) | | | |
| Chattanooga FC | Chattanooga FC | 2 | Richmond Kickers | Richmond Kickers | 4 |
| Richmond Kickers | Richmond Kickers | 4 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 1 |
| Dayton Dutch Lions | Dayton Dutch Lions | 1 | | | |
| Carolina Dynamo | Carolina Dynamo | 1 | | | |
| Charlotte Eagles | Charlotte Eagles | 3 | Wilmington Hammerheads | Wilmington Hammerheads | 3 (AET) |
| Wilmington Hammerheads | Wilmington Hammerheads | 4 | Charlotte Eagles | Charlotte Eagles | 2 |
| Central Florida Kraze | Central Florida Kraze | 0 | | | |
| Orlando City | Orlando City | 4 | | | |
| ASC New Stars | ASC New Stars | 0 | Charleston Battery | Charleston Battery | 0 |
| Charleston Battery | Charleston Battery | 2 | Orlando City | Orlando City | 1 |
| Regals FC | Regals FC | 0 | | | |
| Madison 56ers | Madison 56ers | 4 | | | |
| A.A.C. Eagles | A.A.C. Eagles | 0 | Madison 56ers | Madison 56ers | 0 |
| Iowa Menace | Iowa Menace | 0 | Chicago Fire Premier | Chicago Fire Premier | 2 |
| Chicago Fire Premier | Chicago Fire Premier | 1 | | | |
| Real Colorado Foxes | Real Colorado Foxes | 5 | | | |
| DV8 Defenders | DV8 Defenders | 0 | Kitsap Pumas | Kitsap Pumas | 3 |
| Chivas El Paso Patriots | Chivas El Paso Patriots | 0 (5) | Real Colorado Foxes | Real Colorado Foxes | 1 |
| Kitsap Pumas | Kitsap Pumas | 0 (6) | | | |
| Los Angeles Blues | Los Angeles Blues | 3 | | | |
| Hollywood United Hitmen | Hollywood United Hitmen | 1 | Ventura County Fusion | Ventura County Fusion | 0 |
| Ventura County Fusion | Ventura County Fusion | 3 | Los Angeles Blues | Los Angeles Blues | 1 |
| Doxa Italia | Doxa Italia | 1 | | | |
| Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| New York Red Bulls | New York Red Bulls | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| F.C. New York | F.C. New York | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| F.C. New York | F.C. New York | 1 | Chicago Fire | Chicago Fire | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | New York Red Bulls | New York Red Bulls | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Rochester Rhinos | Rochester Rhinos | 0 | New York Red Bulls | New York Red Bulls | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Chicago Fire | Chicago Fire | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chicago Fire | Chicago Fire | 1 | | | | Chicago Fire | Chicago Fire | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Richmond Kickers | Richmond Kickers | 1 | | | | |
| Columbus Crew | Columbus Crew | 1 | | | | | | | Richmond Kickers | Richmond Kickers | 1 | | | | |
| Richmond Kickers | Richmond Kickers | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Richmond Kickers | Richmond Kickers | 2 | Sporting Kansas City | Sporting Kansas City | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Richmond Kickers | Richmond Kickers | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Sporting Kansas City | Sporting Kansas City | 3 | Richmond Kickers | Richmond Kickers | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Chicago Fire Premier | Chicago Fire Premier | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chicago Fire Premier | Chicago Fire Premier | 0 | | | | | | | | Seattle Sounders FC | Seattle Sounders FC | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Chicago Fire | Chicago Fire | 0 |
| FC Dallas | FC Dallas | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | Chicago Fire | Chicago Fire | 0 |
| Orlando City | Orlando City | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Orlando City | Orlando City | 2 | FC Dallas | FC Dallas | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Real Salt Lake | Real Salt Lake | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Real Salt Lake | Real Salt Lake | 2 | Real Salt Lake | Real Salt Lake | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Wilmington Hammerheads | Wilmington Hammerheads | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wilmington Hammerheads | Wilmington Hammerheads | 0 | | | | Seattle Sounders FC | Seattle Sounders FC | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | FC Dallas | FC Dallas | 0 | | | | |
| Seattle Sounders FC | Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | | | | | | | FC Dallas | FC Dallas | 0 | | | | |
| Kitsap Pumas | Kitsap Pumas | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kitsap Pumas | Kitsap Pumas | 1 | Seattle Sounders FC | Seattle Sounders FC | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Los Angeles Galaxy | Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Los Angeles Blues | Los Angeles Blues | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
Home teams listed on top of bracket. (AET): After Extra Time

## Schedule

Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.

### Final
## Top scorers

Statistics current as of 4 October 2011
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | David Bulow | Richmond Kickers | 6 |
| 2 | Jhonny Arteaga | F.C. New York | 3 |
| 2 | Andriy Budnyi | Wilmington Hammerheads | 3 |
| 2 | Matthew Delicâte | Richmond Kickers | 3 |
| 2 | Fredy Montero | Seattle Sounders FC | 3 |
| 6 | Darren Toby | Charlotte Eagles | 2 |
| 6 | Orr Barouch | Chicago Fire | 2 |
| 6 | Dominic Oduro | Chicago Fire | 2 |
| 6 | Jackson | FC Dallas | 2 |
| 6 | Robbie Christner | Kitsap Pumas | 2 |
| 6 | Mehrshad Momeni | Los Angeles Blues | 2 |
| 6 | Jed Hohlbein | Madison 56ers | 2 |
| 6 | Stefan Dimitrov | New York Pancyprian-Freedoms | 2 |
| 6 | Devorn Jorsling | Orlando City | 2 |
| 6 | Shaka Bangura | Richmond Kickers | 2 |
| 6 | Mike Fucito | Seattle Sounders FC | 2 |
| 6 | Luke Mulholland | Wilmington Hammerheads | 2 |